> It seems that the people who now own the company acknowledge that he was the cofounder but feel that "well he didn't do much, so he doesn't deserve his full s

> It seems that the people who now own the company acknowledge that he was the cofounder but feel that "well he didn't do much, so he doesn't deserve his full shares". And, this seems a specious argument if we're to take the assertions in the complaint at face value (that he was forced out). At the very least, he was deprived of his opportunity to continue to participate in the company.